*****13 years after releasing 'The Marshall Mathers LP', Eminem returns with 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2'. In those thirteen years, a lot has happened. Many personal issues with Eminem has arised, and Eminem has done well in this album in addressing these issues.

But Eminem also has a tendency to get carried away and start to rant. This varies from the music industry to love, his relationships with his ex Kim, his mother and his father to rants against his 'haters'. Hence I now see why 'Berzerk' was released as a single and some of the others weren't - the mainstream media wouldn't dare to play Eminem's 'rants'.

Naturally with these sort of rap track, the song writing here is great, and is well written, though I think that some of his rapping could've been expressed using a more intelligent vernacular. Eminem has utilised a few samples here, and for me they really work. The production as a whole isn't Eminem's best, but it still a good quality release from Eminem.

*****A strong rap album, back to the very cynical Eminem we know and love.

Looking at the cover for the album, and noticing that he decided to make this his sequel to his first charting album, "The Marshall Mathers LP", I had the feeling that there would be good content in store and this did not disappoint.

It felt like a relatively long album, but there wasn't a stage where it got boring. From his singles such as "Berzerk" and "Survival", to turning on the tables on the haters such as "Asshole", to excellent feature artists including Skylar Grey, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar and Nate Ruess, even to a love song in "Stronger Than I Was", everything seemed to work well.

***TBH I've heard worse from him and I've come to expect less from him so I wasn't surprised that I didn't enjoy this album so much. The last five tracks are probably the saving grace otherwise the score would be lower. Recovery was a better album. 3.2/6